Events/Workshops
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A 25% refund if two (2) but less than three (3) weeks before workshop.
No refund if less than two (2) weeks before workshop.
Full refund if returned four (4) or more weeks before the workshop.
A 50% refund if three (3) but less than four (4) weeks before workshop.
A 25% refund if two (2) but less than three (3) weeks before workshop.
No refund if less than two (2) weeks before workshop.
WATERCOLOR IMPRESSIONISM - LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP
Date: August 24-26, 2021
Instructor: Michael Holter
Workshop to be held at Faith Lutheran Church in Bagley
Time of Class: 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $150
Class is Full - Register for Wait List
Workshop participants will be provided with a supply list. •Bring your own lunch.
This workshop will focus on the use of watercolor to paint exciting impressionistic paintings. Students will paint from photographs and explore the use of light and shadow to create interesting compositions and achieve dynamic results. Michael will examine the fundamentals of watercolor painting to assure that all students are familiar with the techniques. Daily discussions and application of the principles and elements of design will be woven into the painting experience. Each day, students will engage in exercises that will solidify the content they are working on and spend time viewing other artists work. Website: www.michaelholter.com
Instructor: Michael Holter
Workshop to be held at Faith Lutheran Church in Bagley
Time of Class: 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
Cost: $150
Class is Full - Register for Wait List
Workshop participants will be provided with a supply list. •Bring your own lunch.
This workshop will focus on the use of watercolor to paint exciting impressionistic paintings. Students will paint from photographs and explore the use of light and shadow to create interesting compositions and achieve dynamic results. Michael will examine the fundamentals of watercolor painting to assure that all students are familiar with the techniques. Daily discussions and application of the principles and elements of design will be woven into the painting experience. Each day, students will engage in exercises that will solidify the content they are working on and spend time viewing other artists work. Website: www.michaelholter.com
Os style rosemaling workshop
Dates: September 7, 8 & 9, 2021
Instructor: Trudy Peach
Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Cost: $75
Limit: 15 Participants
Our Savior's Lutheran Church - Leonard, MN
Class is Full - Register for Wait List
Item to be painted is a 16" Inside Beaded Rim Plate with a 9.5" center and a 2.75" band.
The background will be Black.
The plate has been ordered and will be backgrounded.
The Bemidji Area Arts Endowment grant funds will pay for the plates.
The Os style is known for bright colors, stylized flowers and roses, in a way that is half botanical and half abstract decorative rosemaling patterns and design, with heavy line detail on leaves. Designs also include geometric shapes such as cubes and squares, and architectural motifs such as churches or fine houses
Rosemalers always enjoy the opportunity to learn more about this fine art form from instructors like Trudy Peach. Trudy is a Vesterheim Gold Medalist and is a Certified Decorative Artist with the Society of Decorative Painters. Trudy has a long history of teaching different styles of Rosemaling such as Os, Rogaland and Agder styles.
“This activity is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Bemidji Area Arts Endowment, a component fund of the Northwest Minnesota Foundation.”
Create A SaAmi Bracelet Workshop
Date: Saturday, August 14, 2021
Instructor: Michelle Hanevold
Workshop to be held at the Community Room at the Bagley Library - CDC Guidelines will be followed - masks are required. Entrance will be at the East Entrance of the Library (Spencer Avenue side).
Time of Class: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Cost: $40 – All Materials are Included at no additional cost.
Limit: 12 adults
The Saami bracelets Michelle will help each participant create, are from the techniques passed down over hundreds of years from the people of Northern Scandinavia. Participants will explore different patterns and designs, but while each one is unique, they still follow the Sami tradition of sewing the spun tin thread on Reindeer leather. The bracelets are a weave of “Tenntråd,” a pewter and silver thread made in Sweden, as well as Reindeer leather and Reindeer antler buttons from the Arctic Laplands. Students choose from a variety of Reindeer leathers for their bracelet.
If you have already participated in a previous workshop with Michelle, you will use the techniques learned in the previous workshop as well as new techniques to create more ornate bracelets. Students will be able to design or select their own style of braid, weave or pattern for their bracelet. Students will choose 1 bracelet kit from a variety of leathers, several tin thread colors and sizes.
Instructor: Michelle Hanevold
Workshop to be held at the Community Room at the Bagley Library - CDC Guidelines will be followed - masks are required. Entrance will be at the East Entrance of the Library (Spencer Avenue side).
Time of Class: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Cost: $40 – All Materials are Included at no additional cost.
Limit: 12 adults
The Saami bracelets Michelle will help each participant create, are from the techniques passed down over hundreds of years from the people of Northern Scandinavia. Participants will explore different patterns and designs, but while each one is unique, they still follow the Sami tradition of sewing the spun tin thread on Reindeer leather. The bracelets are a weave of “Tenntråd,” a pewter and silver thread made in Sweden, as well as Reindeer leather and Reindeer antler buttons from the Arctic Laplands. Students choose from a variety of Reindeer leathers for their bracelet.
If you have already participated in a previous workshop with Michelle, you will use the techniques learned in the previous workshop as well as new techniques to create more ornate bracelets. Students will be able to design or select their own style of braid, weave or pattern for their bracelet. Students will choose 1 bracelet kit from a variety of leathers, several tin thread colors and sizes.
Change from taking a photo to making a photo
Dates: Saturday, September 4, 18 and October 2, 2021
Instructor: Lowell Wolff
Workshop to be held at Clearwater County History Center in Shevlin.
Time of Class: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Class Size: 10 - 20
Bring your own lunch
Cost: $20 for each session
or $50 for all three
Bring your camera
Photographer, Lowell Wolff, will be presenting a series of three photography workshops this fall. Each workshop will include demonstrations, discussions, times to shoot and sharing of photographs. The workshops will be held at the Clearwater County History Center.
Saturday, September 4, 10 AM-3 PM – Shooting With Intent
Saturday, September 18, 10 AM-3 PM– Intimate Landscapes & Macro Photography
Saturday, October 2, 10 AM-3 PM– Another Landscape? – make them stand out
Instructor: Lowell Wolff
Workshop to be held at Clearwater County History Center in Shevlin.
Time of Class: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Class Size: 10 - 20
Bring your own lunch
Cost: $20 for each session
or $50 for all three
Bring your camera
Photographer, Lowell Wolff, will be presenting a series of three photography workshops this fall. Each workshop will include demonstrations, discussions, times to shoot and sharing of photographs. The workshops will be held at the Clearwater County History Center.
Saturday, September 4, 10 AM-3 PM – Shooting With Intent
Saturday, September 18, 10 AM-3 PM– Intimate Landscapes & Macro Photography
Saturday, October 2, 10 AM-3 PM– Another Landscape? – make them stand out
Are you ready? using paper clay
Dates: September 21, 22 & 23, 2021
Time of Class: 10 am - 2:30 pm
Workshop held at Bagley Public Library Meeting Room
Instructor: Terry Honstead
Cost: $65
The Paper Clay along with wire and woods to make supports will be provided.
Limit: 10-12 Students
Bring Your Own Lunch
The focus of this course is to learn how to do art making using varied techniques with air-dry clay. Throughout the workshop, you will experience techniques such as working with wire, building a support, and using tools to make texture in your work. There is peace and a joy you will experience when working with clay. Terry is excited to share the methods both learned and developed so that you may experience the wonder of using paper clay in an intuitive way! Students will bring their own acrylic paints and brushes and perhaps embellishments to decorate their creations.
Time of Class: 10 am - 2:30 pm
Workshop held at Bagley Public Library Meeting Room
Instructor: Terry Honstead
Cost: $65
The Paper Clay along with wire and woods to make supports will be provided.
Limit: 10-12 Students
Bring Your Own Lunch
The focus of this course is to learn how to do art making using varied techniques with air-dry clay. Throughout the workshop, you will experience techniques such as working with wire, building a support, and using tools to make texture in your work. There is peace and a joy you will experience when working with clay. Terry is excited to share the methods both learned and developed so that you may experience the wonder of using paper clay in an intuitive way! Students will bring their own acrylic paints and brushes and perhaps embellishments to decorate their creations.
Abstract faces workshop
Date: Saturday, October 9, 2021
Instructor: Carole Euerle
Workshop to be held at the Community Room at the Bagley Library
Time of Class: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost: $40 – All Materials are Included at no additional cost.
Limit: 6 - 10 adults
Participants will be lead through a series of procedures to create an Abstract Face that will be
the foundation of your final product. Participants will learn about paper making using deli paper
to create beautiful pieces that can be added to your Abstract Face. Carole will show how to use
markers and journaling to enhance the piece of art.
Instructor: Carole Euerle
Workshop to be held at the Community Room at the Bagley Library
Time of Class: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost: $40 – All Materials are Included at no additional cost.
Limit: 6 - 10 adults
Participants will be lead through a series of procedures to create an Abstract Face that will be
the foundation of your final product. Participants will learn about paper making using deli paper
to create beautiful pieces that can be added to your Abstract Face. Carole will show how to use
markers and journaling to enhance the piece of art.
Make a Mosaic Mirror with Elizabeth Rockstad
Dates: Saturday, October 16, 2021
Class will be held at the Community Room at the Bagley Public Library.
Cost of the Workshop: $40
Class Size: 10 – 12
Time: 10 am – 1:30 pm
Bring Your Own Lunch
In this workshop, the participants will learn to work with tile/glass, tools, grout, glue, etc. to create an 8x8 mirror. This is a great first project because it is nice and flat and will ensure a positive experience for beginner mosaic artists. The teaching artist will bring all the supplies with her to complete this project. Each participant will choose their own design and colors for their mirror.
Class will be held at the Community Room at the Bagley Public Library.
Cost of the Workshop: $40
Class Size: 10 – 12
Time: 10 am – 1:30 pm
Bring Your Own Lunch
In this workshop, the participants will learn to work with tile/glass, tools, grout, glue, etc. to create an 8x8 mirror. This is a great first project because it is nice and flat and will ensure a positive experience for beginner mosaic artists. The teaching artist will bring all the supplies with her to complete this project. Each participant will choose their own design and colors for their mirror.
Nanabozho and the Woodpecker - A Puppet pageant for all ages
Dates: February 7 - 21, 2022
Cost to Participate: $25 per person per week or
$40 per person for two weeks
Instructor: Puppet artists Anne Sawyer and Julie Boada
Puppet artists Anne Sawyer and Julie Boada will conduct two weeks of workshops beginning Monday, February 7, 2022, leading up to the culminating performances on Saturday and Sunday, February 19 & 20, 2022. The puppet pageant is an original large scale street theater play based on the Anishinabe story of Nanabozho and the Woodpecker. The story is about the spirit of fever, Megissogwan. There are serpents, birds, the creature Megissogwan and Nanabozho. Nanabozho defeats the monster, Megissogwan, with help from the woodpecker by shooting an arrow into his topknot, which destroys the "fever" and saves the people.
During the two weeks of workshops, participants will create and build puppets and props of all sizes. Stilt walking will be included as an added element to the performance (optional for older youth and adult participants).
Cost to Participate: $25 per person per week or
$40 per person for two weeks
Instructor: Puppet artists Anne Sawyer and Julie Boada
Puppet artists Anne Sawyer and Julie Boada will conduct two weeks of workshops beginning Monday, February 7, 2022, leading up to the culminating performances on Saturday and Sunday, February 19 & 20, 2022. The puppet pageant is an original large scale street theater play based on the Anishinabe story of Nanabozho and the Woodpecker. The story is about the spirit of fever, Megissogwan. There are serpents, birds, the creature Megissogwan and Nanabozho. Nanabozho defeats the monster, Megissogwan, with help from the woodpecker by shooting an arrow into his topknot, which destroys the "fever" and saves the people.
During the two weeks of workshops, participants will create and build puppets and props of all sizes. Stilt walking will be included as an added element to the performance (optional for older youth and adult participants).
Portraits on Paper with Pamela Edevold
Dates: April 19-21, 2022
This workshop will be held at the Community Room at the Bagley Public Library.
Cost of this Workshop: $65
Golden Open Acrylic paints will be provided.
Class Size: 10 – 12
Time: 10 am – 3:30 pm
Bring Your Own Lunch
In this workshop, we'll use Golden Open Acrylics as we would watercolors, while achieving the vibrancy and control of oils. The portrait can be finished to impressionism or realism, or a combination of both styles. It all depends on how many layers of paint are laid down.
This workshop will be held at the Community Room at the Bagley Public Library.
Cost of this Workshop: $65
Golden Open Acrylic paints will be provided.
Class Size: 10 – 12
Time: 10 am – 3:30 pm
Bring Your Own Lunch
In this workshop, we'll use Golden Open Acrylics as we would watercolors, while achieving the vibrancy and control of oils. The portrait can be finished to impressionism or realism, or a combination of both styles. It all depends on how many layers of paint are laid down.
Pottery Building with Janet Johnson
Dates: May 18-20 and 23-24, 2022
Cost: $100
This workshop will be held at the Clear Waters Life Center in Gonvick, MN where there is a large, airy room for up to 12 students and 4 or 5 pottery wheels.
25# of clay will be provided for each student.
A Materials List will be provided after March 1st
Class Size: 10 – 12
Time: 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Bring Your Own Lunch
Janet recommends having both hand building, as well as wheel work. This allows everyone something to do. Janet will demonstrate first, but then sit with each student while they are at the wheel. It takes a while to get the hang of centering and pulling up a wall, so time is a big factor. If students don’t have time/opportunities to practice, they will likely be frustrated. Having more time will allow Janet Johnson to work with them more, and they’ll come away with more than one piece of pottery.
Cost: $100
This workshop will be held at the Clear Waters Life Center in Gonvick, MN where there is a large, airy room for up to 12 students and 4 or 5 pottery wheels.
25# of clay will be provided for each student.
A Materials List will be provided after March 1st
Class Size: 10 – 12
Time: 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Bring Your Own Lunch
Janet recommends having both hand building, as well as wheel work. This allows everyone something to do. Janet will demonstrate first, but then sit with each student while they are at the wheel. It takes a while to get the hang of centering and pulling up a wall, so time is a big factor. If students don’t have time/opportunities to practice, they will likely be frustrated. Having more time will allow Janet Johnson to work with them more, and they’ll come away with more than one piece of pottery.
